Blurb:
Childhood friends | Bickering couple | Sweet romance
As a college student with one foot in the Lolita fashion community and the other in the world of anime, Xia Qianmiao spends all her allowance on pretty dresses and gorgeous merch of her favorite characters.
Her spirit is well-fed, but her body is left to starve.
At the end of every month, she has to scrape by. After two days of eating nothing but plain steamed buns, Xia Qianmiao finally opens an app that lets you get discounts by inviting people to help you bargain, and calls on others to bail her out.
So, during a general education lecture at the computer science school, a clear voice rings out: "Your red packet has arrived!"
Everyone looks toward the sound. Fang Xingzhou, the top student in his department, famous for being aloof and rich, calmly closes his phone and apologizes to the instructor.
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Xia Qianmiao would never dare let her parents find out that she was broke because she spent all her money on Lolita dresses and merch.
So when she sees that Fang Xingzhou has not only ignored her but also posted about her on his social media, she rushes straight to his dorm.
Fang Xingzhou: "Want me to delete the post? Fine. Give me your meal card, and I'll think about it if you bring food back from the cafeteria for me."
Xia Qianmiao explodes: "Do you think I need you to buy me a meal?!"
The louder she had shouted back then, the harder it was to get by without money for food.
So, for the next month or so, Xia Qianmiao swallowed her pride. First she brought meals back for Fang Xingzhou, then she started tagging along to the cafeteria with him.
Once she finally escaped Fang Xingzhou's invasion of her meals, Xia Qianmiao immediately went solo.
But she hadn't been on her own for even a day when Fang Xingzhou caught her at a dinner with friends.
It was drizzling that night, and the sky was already pitch-dark. The neon lights blurred behind a veil of rain. A few raindrops clung to Fang Xingzhou's forehead. He glanced at the man beside Xia Qianmiao, and his whole demeanor turned as cold as the night.
With a dark expression and a mocking half-smile, he said:
"Having dinner together again. How come I didn't know you had close male friends?"
"So you turned me down because you like him?"
Xia Qianmiao: ?
When did I turn you down?! Wait, no. What are you even talking about?!
[Blurb written on 2025.8.30]
Theme: Study hard
